Question

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Nick Vujicic was born, without arms and legs, in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Nick faced all kinds of problems and troubles in his life. But he never gives up. Now Nick has his own speaking company; Attitude Is Attitude. And he has traveled around the world to give speeches. He shares with his audience his audience the importance of vision and dreaming big. He says attitude (態度) is the most powerful tool in the life and failure (失敗) is just a learning experience.

Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, is only 28. In only 8 years, Zuck turned his small website into a world famous network. Zuck once wrote to his workmates, "We don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services"

Jeremy Lin's excellent performances in basketball courts attracted the eyes of both Americans and Chinese this year. Then what has led this young man to such a success? The following may help us understand it. 1. Believe in yourself; 2. Catch the chance when it comes up; 3. Find the system that works for your style; 4. People will love you for being yourself; 5. Stay humble (謙遜).

1.Attitude Is Attitude is _______.

A. the title of Nick's speech            

B. Nick's company

C. an international organization         

D. a machine that can speak

2.Which of the following about Nick is wrong?

A. Nick had no arms or legs when he was born

B. He says people can learn from their failures

C. He tells his audience to dream big and have vision

D. He has never traveled around the world so far

3.Facebook is _______.

A. a world-wide network    B. Zuck's workmate    C. a popular book    D. Zuck's boss

4.From what Zuck wrote ,we can learn _______.

A. Facebook doesn't build services

B. Facebook doesn't make money

C. offering better services is more important than making money

D. building services doesn't make money

5.From Jeremy Lin's success, we can find _______.

A. one must have self-confidence          

B. catching the chance is the most important

C. one should try his best to follow others   

D. one must keep the rules all the time

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.A

【解析】短文分三部分，分別講述了三個走向成功的人，他們共有的特點是：有志竟成。

1.細節理解題。從“Nick has his own speaking company; Attitude Is Attitude.”可知。

2.綜合理解題。前三項都符合文意，只有D項是不符的。從“he has traveled around the world to…”可知。

3.細節理解題。從“…a world famous network.”可知。

4.推理判斷題。從“…we make money to build better services"” 這句話中可推測出Zuck認為提供更好的服務比掙錢更重要。

5.主旨大意題。Jeremy Lin的成功，短文中給出了四條，其中后三項均與短文內容不一致，A項比較合適：自信。